product

šŸ“… Daily note for 22 November 2024

Whoops, forgot to hit publish on Friday. #

Another kerr-azy week of having too much to do and too little time and energy to do it. #

A short post I put up on LinkedIn (and published here and on Localiseā¬ˆ as an archive) blew up in a modest way. It even attracted a comment on a blog post! Good heavens. Does feel like there is a gap here to be filled by something. #

Atika has started her CDO type role at Luton Council and she’s published the first blog postā¬ˆ on the Council’s brand new blog in her first week! An inspiration to us all – this is how you impact on culture early. #

Ben Holliday: Analogue because of digitalā¬ˆ:

My concern is that the default solution to this type of reform will be more technology. However, we still have a greater need for more joined up systems that make better use of existing technology. This includes recognising that not all legacy technology is bad. Dare I say, even some of the pagers and the fax machines.

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Alan Wright’s favourite tools for analysing user and product dataā¬ˆ #

LINK: “The Importance of Product Management in Government”

…the approach taken to build and deliver digital products needs to evolve to take advantage of modern software development methods including agile iterative development, human centered design, and continuous delivery. Despite fancy design labs and alleged ā€œdigital transformationā€ capabilities, most vendors and government agencies continue to deliver digital products using traditional project management and waterfall development methods.

Original: https://medium.com/the-u-s-digital-service/the-importance-of-product-management-in-government-b59933d01874

Being good at work

Lovely post from Stephen Hale:

I think the culture and tools of social networking can go a long way to improve how people manage and share knowledge inside an organisation, and increase individualsā€™ productivity at work. Lots of people could be a little bit more productive if they used more of behaviours and the tools of social networking routinely at work.

Personally, I am much better at my job because of social tools. Iā€™m better informed, often helped by others, better connected, more grateful, and more ready to share my own thoughts than I would be without tools like Yammer, Twitter and blogs.